Dr. Bernard G. Jaar has been appointed chairman of the medical advisory board of the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland. Dr. Jaar is an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, ...

Christina Berzins has been promoted to vice president, contracts and acquisitions, of St. John Properties, a Baltimore-based real estate development and management company. Berzins has worked for the company since 2004. She will be responsible for the completion of new ...

Jeffrey B. Gould recently was elected secretary of the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters. Gould is a vice president of American Claims Management Services, a public adjustment and loss consulting firm headquartered in Towson that serves clients nationwide. He ...

Gregory A. Devou, executive vice president/chief marketing officer of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, will be among people climbing down the 17-story Canton Crossing Tower in Baltimore on June 18 to raise money during the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland’s second annual ...

Accounting Carrie Letsch has been promoted to staff accountant of Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates, of Baltimore. She joined the firm in January as an intern in the tax department and will graduate from McDaniel College this month with a bachelor’s ...

Ron Slomski has been hired as director of communications of the National Kidney Foundation of Maryland. He will work from its Towson headquarters, coordinating, producing and distributing e-newsletters, brochures and the annual report, and maintaining and updating NKF-MD’s website and ...